HMCS Lady Evelyn - Lady Evelyn

Canada's Postmaster General purchased the Deerhound in 1907 at a cost of some $65,000 to act as a mail tender for transatlantic steamers. Renamed the Lady Evelyn, she met liners in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to transfer mail to and from trains at Rimouski in order to speed its delivery. She replaced the Rhoda, an older, smaller ship that had previously performed these duties. In 1914 the Lady Evelyn was involved in the rescue of survivors from the RMS Empress of Ireland when that ship sank following a collision off Rimouski.